L5-25413-18 - AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES

Product Brief

Unmatched RAID Performance for Next-Generation Servers and Storage

Today’s data center, cloud and high-performance computing environments not only require

increased storage capacity to handle massive volumes of data, but are also challenged to protect

and deliver data as quickly as possible to meet the needs of applications and end users. To address

these performance demands as capacity scales, the newest 6Gb/s SAS RAID controllers from Avago

oﬀ er a powerful combination of intelligent performance, enterprise RAID data protection and

proven interoperability with the latest server platforms based on the PCI Express 3.0 speci cation.

The MegaRAID SAS 9271-8i, with eight internal ports, delivers two 800MHz PowerPC® processor

cores and a 72-bit DDRIII interface that drives 1GB cache memory. Powered by the LSI SAS 2208

dual-core ROC, the 9271-8i controller includes the latest PCI Express 3.0 and 6Gb/s SAS technology

and helps users to maximize the performance bene ts of solid state storage.

Protect Cached Data with MegaRAID CacheVault™ Technology or BBU

RAID caching is a cost-eﬀ ective way to improve I/O performance by writing data to a controllers’

cache before it is written to disk. In write-back mode, data written to cache is vulnerable until it

is made permanent on disk. To avoid the possibility of data loss or corruption during a power or

server failure, Avago oﬀ ers the CacheVault  ash cache protection module or the LSIiBBU09 battery

backup unit for the MegaRAID SAS 9271-8i controller. CacheVault  ash cache protection uses

NAND  ash memory powered by a super-capacitor to help protect data stored in the MegaRAID

controller cache. The RAID controller automatically writes the data in cache memory to  ash storage

when a power failure occurs, while the super-capacitor keeps the current going during the process.

When the power comes back, the DRAM is recovered from  ash storage and the system goes on

without loss of data. Customers have the  exibility to choose a traditional LiON battery solution or a

greener, lower total cost of ownership (TCO) cache protection solution with MegaRAID CacheVault

technology.

Support for Advanced Software Options

The family of 6Gb/s MegaRAID controllers are designed to support advanced software options that

provide white box channel partners with enhanced performance and data protection capabilities.

These new software options help enable end users to address key business challenges while helping

to deliver a higher return on their IT investments. MegaRAID CacheCade™ Pro 2.0 software and

MegaRAID Fast Path software boost transactional I/O performance of solid state disk con gurations,

while MegaRAID Recovery software and MegaRAID SafeStore™ software enable enhanced data

protection and security.

Intuitive RAID Management Utility

The MegaRAID Management Suite™ software provides essential tools to manage MegaRAID

products, whether deployed in an enterprise or small business. Avago oﬀ ers a collection of

applications and tools including a pre-boot setup utility and a full spectrum of online RAID

management utilities. This suite of applications allows administrators to adjust SAS or SATA topology

views from the system host, controller and disk enclosure down to the logical and physical drive

level. Extending to enterprise deployments, these tools scale to more easily con gure, monitor and

manage RAID and JBOD volumes locally or over the LAN network.

Key Features

■ Eight internal 6Gb/s SATA+SAS ports

■ Two Mini-SAS internal connectors

(SFF8087)

■ SAS 2208 Dual- core 6Gb/s ROC

–x2 800MHz PowerPC Processors

■ PCI Express 3.0 Host Interface

■ 1GB DDRIII cache memory

■ RAID Levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60

■ Support for NAND  ash or BBU cache

protection solution

Key Advantages

■ Unmatched RAID performance

■ Connect up to 128 3Gb/s and 6Gb/s

SATA and SAS hard drives or SSDs

■ Helps users realize potential of solid-

state storage deployments

■ CacheVault technology option for

greener, lower total cost cache

protection (LSICVM01)

■ Heat-tolerant battery backup option

(LSIiBBU09)

MegaRAID® SAS 9271-8i

Eight-Port 6Gb/s PCI Express® 3.0 SATA+SAS RAID Controller

Product Brief

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MegaRAID® SAS 9271-8i

Solution Provided Eight-port internal SAS solution for performance-hungry applications using up to 128 SAS, SATA and solid state drives (SSDs)

Physical Dimensions MD2 Low prole (6.6” X 2.536”)

Internal Connectors Two Mini-SAS SFF8087 internal connectors (side mount)

Device Support Up to 128 SAS and/or SATA hard drives and SSDs

Host Bus Type x8 lane PCI Express 3.0 compliant

Data Transfer Rates Up to 6Gb/s per port

I/O Processor/SAS Controller LSI SAS 2208 Dual-Core RAID on Chip (ROC)

Cache Memory 1 GB 1333MHz DDRIII SDRAM

Cache Protection MegaRAID CacheVault ash cache protection (optional – LSICVM01 / LSI00297)

MegaRAID LSIiBBU09 (optional – LSIiBBU09 / LSI00279)

Key RAID Data Protection

Features

• RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 6

• RAID spans 10, 50 and 60

• Online Capacity Expansion (OCE)

• Online RAID Level Migration (RLM)

• Auto resume after loss of system power during array rebuild or

reconstruction (RLM)

• Single controller Multipathing (failover)

• Load Balancing

• Congurable stripe size up to 1MB

• Fast initialization for quick array setup

• Check Consistency for background data integrity

• SSD Support with SSD Guard™ technology

• Patrol read for media scanning and repairing

• 64 logical drive support

• DDF compliant Conguration on Disk (COD)

• S.M.A.R.T support

• Global and dedicated Hot Spare with Revertible Hot

Spare support

– Automatic rebuild

– Enclosure anity

– Emergency SATA hot spare for SAS arrays

• Enclosure management

– SES (inband)

– SGPIO (sideband)

Operating Temperature Maximum ambient: Controller Card: 60°C, with optional CVM01: 55°C, with optional LSIiBBU09: 55°C

Operating Voltage +3.3V, +12V

MTBF (Calculated) 1,031,514hours

Hardware Warranty 3 years, free advanced technical support, advanced replacement option

Regulatory Certications EN55022, EN55024, EN60950, EN 61000-3-2, EN 61000-3-3; FCC Class A, Class B; UL1950; UL; CSA C22.2; VCCI; RRL for MIC;

BSMI; C-tick

RAID Management MegaRAID Management Suite

• MegaRAID Storage Manager

• MegaCLI (command-line interface)

• WebBIOS

Optional SSD Optimization • MegaRAID CacheCade Pro 2.0 Software leverages SSDs in front of HDD volumes to create high-capacity, high-performance

controller cache pools

• MegaRAID Fast Path Software provides high-performance I/O acceleration for SSD arrays connected to 6Gb/s MegaRAID

SATA+SAS controllers

OS Support Extensive support includes Microsoft® Windows® Vista/2008/Server 2003, Linux®, Solaris™ (x86), FreeBSD®, VMware® and more.

* Visit the download center for the most complete list of supported operating systems: avagotech.com/support

Ordering Information

MegaRAID SAS 9271-8i LSICVM01 LSIiBBU09 BBU-BRACKET-05

MPN: L5-25413-18 MPN: L5-25419-04 MPN: L5-25407-00 MPN: L5-25376-00

OPN: LSI00330 OPN: LSI00297 OPN: LSI00279 OPN: LSI00291